Finally a good nights sleep and I am up ready for another action packed day! We checked out of the hotel at about 9am and headed for Johor Baru. We stopped at Macy's place to get a few things and have a late breakfast before setting off for Desaru. The rain started and came down hard for the two hour drive out to the coast and just shy of Desuru the traffic jam started - it turns out 10000 other people had the same idea as us. The rain was so heavy you could b...

Up early today and unfortunately no sleep again lastnight due to Dan Mosquitos and the extreme heat. Today Macy are off on a roadtrip to two places: Kokop and the most Southern tip of mainland Asia. About an hour and a half drive and we will be staying in Kokop the small Chinese village to celebrate Chinese New Year. First thing we went and picked up some fruit and snacks and then made our way out to our first stop Taman Negara. Taman Negara is the southern t...

So it was up early today in order to catch the 8am bus to Ipoh (2 hours) and then catch a bus from Ipoh to Johor Baru (8.5 hrs). Unfortunately I hadn't booked the first bus and the second one was to leave at 10:30am and it was a good walk from bus station. So with that in mind I was feeling quite uneasy and left the house at 7am. I managed to get some info at the bus station and caught the correct bus to Ipoh - I had asked the bus driver to stop at a certain p...

After stressing out lastnight and sitting up to the early hours of the morning trying to book my USA flights I was woken up at 7am by Surayya telling me she had changed the plan and I couldn't go to KL with her today. Not the best news and now impossible to get bus today as its holiday - Chinese New Year coming up so it has put me in a tight spot. I spent most of the day running around trying to find a bus to Johor and get a card that would allow me to book my ...

Today I woke up feeling a bit soar - 1. From yesterday's bike ride and steep hike and 2. From the huge dinner that stretched my belly to new limits. There was a morning market on this morning so I walked into town and picked up some egg plant, mushrooms, onions, carrots, capsicums, leafy greens, eggs and freshly shredded coconut. I then set off for a small hike which turned into a big hike. I walked to Parit Waterfall which didn't take to long but had some tr...